I post on meta platforms due to obligation and more chance to grow my photography page. The more I explore the business tools on meta, the less and less I like it. Let me explain.
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http://scoot2hoot.com/2025/07/19/meta-sucks-balls-my-experience/

Meta Sucks Balls: My Experience

I post on meta platforms due to obligation and more chance to grow my photography page. The more I explore the business tools on meta, the less and less I like it. Let me explain.

Meta purposely restricts your business pages to throttle viewership and discovery, to incentivize you to spend money on advertising. And I’m not about to put more money into Zuck’s pocket.

Every tool I use outside of meta to make the process easy and efficient for myself gets quashed, or my account gets […]

https://scoot2hoot.com/2025/07/19/meta-sucks-balls-my-experience/

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Stop using the hashtag #Mastodon unless you are discussing the heavy metal band!!!

I am trying to follow for news on their latest album, and you all keep clogging up my feed.

Use #MastodonSocialMedia or #MastodonDeadAnimal instead.